Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement during a Housing and Insurance Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Expanding Choice and Increasing Supply: Housing Innovation in America.”
“Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
“Families across America are reeling from a growing housing and… Read more »
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II (D-MO), Ranking Member on the Housing and Insurance Subcommittee, sent a letter to the U.S. House Appropriations Committee requesting critical funding to support Americans living in rural communities. In the letter, the lawmakers underscore the urgent need for… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released a statement in response to Trump’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget proposal, which calls for shocking cuts to critical federal housing programs. The proposal would cut funding for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, by $26 billion and effectively end housing assistance… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Committee on Financial Services, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the top Democrat on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, introduced the “Restoring Fair Housing Protections Eliminated by Trump Act of 2025,” which would restore the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule that was… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, issued this statement in commemoration of the 57th anniversary of the signing of the Fair Housing Act into law.
“Fifty-seven years ago today, the Fair Housing Act of 1968 was signed into law just seven days following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. After generations of… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the following testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development.
Good morning, Chair Womack, Ranking Member Clyburn, and Members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on one of the most… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement during an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Decades of Dysfunction: Restoring Accountability at HUD.”
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Trump and Musk are dismantling the nation’s housing agencies and raising… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Eugene Dodaro and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Acting Inspector General Stephen M. Begg calling for an investigation into whether HUD is violating statutory requirements to maintain at… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, Representative Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), the Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence and Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), the Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, sent a letter to the U.S.… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement in response to President Trump’s Executive Order directing the National Park Service to forcibly evict unhoused individuals from encampments located on federally-owned lands in Washington, D.C.
“Trump’s latest action to vilify people experiencing… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the top Democrat on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, were joined by 106 Congressional Democrats in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner demanding… Read more »
This week, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, led a group of House Democrats to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) headquarters to personally deliver a letter signed by 122 House Democrats to Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner. In the letter, the lawmakers demand… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, led 122 House Democrats in a letter to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner requesting information regarding questionable staff terminations, stop-work orders, funding cancellations, and the role of private corporations through the influence… Read more »
Following staff terminations within the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), reports of closed field offices, and rolling back of civil rights enforcement, on Monday, March 3 at 5 pm E.T., Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, will hand-deliver a letter to Secretary Turner requesting critical information for… Read more »
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner’s recent action to terminate the Affirmatively… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to Chairman French Hill (R-AR), requesting an emergency hearing with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Secretary Scott Turner, following the Trump Administration’s plans to decimate HUD staff and programs.
In the letter, Congresswoman Waters raises… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement in response to reports regarding the Trump Administration’s plans, alongside the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”), to eliminate at least 50% of staff at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
“I am not… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner’s decision to suspend enforcement of HUD’s 2016 rule entitled “Equal Access in Accordance With an Individual’s Gender Identity in Community Planning and Development… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, issued a fact sheet with additional resources for families and individuals affected by the Los Angeles County wildfires. Congresswoman Waters will continue to share relevant updates as needed. Households can access real-time updates on available resources through the Committee Democrats’… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, issued a fact sheet with resources for families and individuals affected by the Los Angeles County wildfires. Congresswoman Waters will continue to share relevant updates as needed. Households can access real-time updates on available resources through the Committee Democrats’ webpage… Read more »
Today, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA,) and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) introduced H.R. 10465, the Know Who Owns Your Home Act, legislation to empower renters, landlords and local governments with critical information and data on the conditions and ownership of rental properties.
Despite more than 35% of U.S.… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, announced the passage of four bipartisan bills under suspensions of the rules, including measures to promote housing production and honor iconic figures like Shirley Chisholm, Roberto Clemente, and Holocaust heroes.
This is a procedure often used on the House floor to act… Read more »
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the following remarks in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Housing Choice Voucher Program. During the event, HUD recognized Congresswoman Waters for her longstanding leadership and commitment in Congress to expanding… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, delivered the following opening statement during a Housing and Insurance Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Housing Oversight: Testimony of the HUD and FHFA Inspectors General.”
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Housing is the number one domestic issue and a priority for voters… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, announced the following Democratic-led and bipartisan bills that passed during today’s full Committee markup aimed at removing barriers to housing disabled veterans experiencing homelessness and increasing transparency in plans for community building while encouraging localities to build… Read more »
